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Prosperity Flambe Pen Cai  from  Park Palace, Grand Park City Hall. Originally from Hong Kong, "Pen Cai"  ( 盆菜) , which literally means 'vegetables in a basin', is an indulgent affair where layers of ingredients like Abalone, Sea Cucumber, Roasted duck, Pork Belly, Radish, Black Mushroom, Fatt Choy, Black Fungus are braised in a fragrant gravy and served steaming hot. This dish is becoming more and more popular over the years and you often seen them on the menu of many hotels and restaurants during the Chinese New Year Period. Just like the "Yusheng", this dish also symbolises prosperity and abundance. So why it was called the basin food? It was said that Poon Choi was invented during the late Song Dynasty. When Mongol troops invaded Song China, the young Emperor fled to the area around Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. To serve the Emperor as well as his army, the locals collected all their best food available, cooked it, and because ther...